Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2016 Q4

Updated on January 22, 2025.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2016 Q4, the average weekly wage for South Dakota was $828. Among all South Dakota counties, Union County had the highest average weekly wage ($1.18K), followed by Lincoln County ($958), and Minnehaha County ($921).

On the other hand, Mellette County had the lowest average weekly wage ($532), followed by Jackson County ($569), and Jones County ($586).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high average weekly wage, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.

You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2016 Q4
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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2016 Q4
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Rank County Average Weekly Wage ($)
1 Union County 1183
2 Lincoln County 958
3 Minnehaha County 921
4 Deuel County 919
5 Hughes County 825
6 Brookings County 810
7 Brown County 807
8 Yankton County 806
9 Meade County 801
10 Oglala Lakota County 796
10 Pennington County 796
11 Beadle County 782
11 Hyde County 782
12 Grant County 777
13 Dewey County 773
14 Lake County 772
15 Edmunds County 762
16 Hanson County 749
17 Harding County 743
17 Moody County 743
18 Davison County 741
19 Buffalo County 739
20 Stanley County 738
21 Kingsbury County 735
22 Codington County 734
23 Marshall County 727
24 Hamlin County 724
25 Sully County 722
26 Corson County 718
27 Douglas County 715
28 Hand County 713
29 Todd County 710
30 Spink County 709
31 Fall River County 708
31 Hutchinson County 708
32 Clay County 706
32 McCook County 706
33 Turner County 702
34 Clark County 686
35 Haakon County 681
35 Walworth County 681
36 Custer County 679
37 Bon Homme County 670
38 Charles Mix County 669
39 Lawrence County 661
40 Butte County 658
40 Campbell County 658
41 Jerauld County 656
42 Potter County 655
42 Roberts County 655
43 Faulk County 650
44 Miner County 646
45 Tripp County 645
46 Brule County 631
47 Ziebach County 630
48 Sanborn County 629
49 Gregory County 627
50 Day County 622
51 Bennett County 617
52 Perkins County 614
53 Aurora County 612
53 McPherson County 612
54 Jones County 586
54 Lyman County 586
55 Jackson County 569
56 Mellette County 532